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'If THE TRANSPLANTING OF TREES. S 



Published by the direction of the 
Hanover Ornamental, Tree Association. 



1. Choice of a tree to transplant. Choose a stout, 
healthy sapling ; if possible one which has grown 
in open ground, or on the edge of the forest. Young 
trees in such situations are stouter, have more 
roots, thicker bark, and a handsomer top and bet- 
ter bear the shock of transplanting. Seldom choose 
a tree more than fifteen feet high, or more than three 
inches in diameter near the ground. 

2. Digging up the tree. Be careful not to break 
or crush the roots. As far as possible, preserve the 
rootlets and fibres, for on these depend in a great 
measure the nourishment of the tree. Begin then 
to remove the earth at some distance from the tree 
and work up towards it, carefully disentangling the 
smaller roots, till you have fairly undermined the 
whole. Preserve as much earth as possible about 
the roots. Do not cut oft' the top, but trim it If nec- 
essary. If the tree be taken from the woods, it may 
be necessary to cut off" the top at ten feet from the 
ground, and most of the side branches ; — then paint 
over the ends where the trunk and limbs have been 
taken off'. 

3. Replanting. Dig a large hole, say from four 
to si.x feet in diameter by two or three feet deep. 
Place the tree with the same side to the north as it 
originally had, having marked this on the bark be- 
fore removing it. Don't cramp the roots ; extend 



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them ill their natural position, and fill in with rich 
mould. Work the fine earth carefully about the 
roots with the hand and fingers. While filling the 
hole, pour in a pailful of water, and work the tree 
slightly up and down to aid in perfectly imbedding 
all tiie roots. If hollows are left, the roots will be 
apt to mould and decay. Do 7iot water the tree af- 
ter the roots have been wholly covered, because the 
sun and wind will, in that case, bake the surface, 
and prevent the air and moisture from coming to the 
roots. To preserve the surface moist, it is well to 
place old straw around the tree when set. The earth 
should not be trod down solid upon the roots. 
" Young trees, under favorable circumstances, — in 
soil so prepared, — will advance more rapidly and at- 
tain a larger growth in eight years, than those planted 
in the ordinary way, without deepening the soil, will 
in twenty. '' 

4. Time fur fransplantinix. Either the Spring or 
the Autumn is fiivorable, — but if you choose the 
Spring, do not defer it till the leaves are out and the 
early rains are over. Begin as soon as the ground 
will allow you to dig. 

5. Traufipl anting Evergreens. The best time for 
this is as early as possible in the Spring. If planted 
in the Summer they are apt to parch up and die; 
and if in the Autunm, are in danger of being killed 
by the cold of Winter. Evergreens icill bear Utile or 
no trimming. Their roots are more sensitive than 
those of other trees; therefore be more careful in 
handling them. Choose a wet day for transplanting, 
or keep the roots covered and moist during trans- 
portation. It would be better for them, as well as 
for other trees, were it possible, to transplant them 
in the Winter, taking up a mass of frozen earth with 
the roots. The tree might be partly undermined, 
and the hole dug for its reception, in the Fall, — the 
removal would then be comparatively easy. At 
ether seasons, if possible, carry home swamp earth 
and set them in it. They may be safely transplanted 



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6. Kinds of trees, 6fc. Unless uniformity is re- 
quired — as in avenues — a variety of ornamental 
trees is to be preferred. The Elm is the most stately 
of our trees and of very long life; its beauty is in 
its long, slender and pensile branches. There is 
much choice in the kind of elm. The Maple gives 
a dense shade, has a beautiful leaf in Summer and 
a variety of splendid hues in Autumn. Tiie White 
and the Rock Maple are beautiful varieties. The 
Bulton Wood and the Bass are both magnificent trees 
when grown. The Locust, for its leaves and blos- 
soms, and the Mountain Ash, for its blossoms and 
berries — the Butternut and the Oak, deserve to be 
cultivated. And all these trees, as well as others 
not mentioned, grow in our soil quickly and surely. 
There are at least two reasons for planting a variety 
of trees, beside their superior beauty. One is, that, 
as they die at ditlerent ages, the decayed ones can 
more easily be replaced without the loss being per- 
ceived. Another is, that each species of tree has 
an enemy, or is subject to a disease, which, once ia 
about fifteen or twenty years, commits great ravages 
upon it. The borer attacks the Maple and Locust, 
but spares the Elm. A kind o{ caterpdlai' sometimes 
destroys the Elm, but does not molest the Maple. 
By a variety of trees we are guarded against losing 
them all at once, as has been the misfortune of some 
places. 

The tree should be well boxed, to preserve it from 
cattle. If pretty large and stiff, it sometimes an- 
swers the purpose to bind round it strips of five or 
six foot lath, filled with sharp nails, the points out. 

Remember, that with care in choosing suitable 
trees and in transplanting them, perhaps nine out of 
every ten transplanted may be preserved. As they 
are frequently set out, it is hardly too much to say 
that nine out of every ten die. "^ living dog is 



belter than a dead Hon. " One flourishing shade tree 
is more ornamental than a hundred beaii poles. The 
pains you take in transplanting a tree is not labor 
thrown away. If the work be worth doing at all it 
is worth doing well. 

Hanover, Jlpril, 1844. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Art. 1st. This association shall be called the Hanover Orna- 
mental Tree Association, and shall have for its object the improve- 
ment of the streets and other public grounds of Hanover Plain, 
and the immediate vicmity by planting trees and by other means 
of a like kind. 

Art. 2nd. Any person may become a member of this Asso- 
ciation by communicating his wish to the Secretary. 

Art. 3d. The general Officers of the association shall be cho- 
sen at an annual meeting holden in the Autumn, viz: a President, 
two Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall per- 
form the duties belonging to such othcers and who shall be Ex- 
officio Directors of the Association, and also five other Directors. 
The board of directors shall appoint its own chairman, determine 
its own quorum, supply temporary vacancies, and manage the 
general affairs of the Association, subject to its orders. 

Art. 4th. The Association or board of Directors shall appoint 
Local Committees, surveyors and other necessary officers at their 
discretion. 

Art. 5th. Each member of the association shall annually 
plant and protect at least one tree for the object stated in the first 
article or in omission of this shall pay into the treasury fifty cents. 
All other money that maybe needed for the purposes of the associ- 
ation shall be raised by contribution or subscription. 







Dartmouth Press, 
Hanover, N. H. 







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